PART 13

PART 13
Registration of Accredited Bodies

Chapter 1
Arrangements for Adoption

SECTION 125

Restrictions on making arrangements for adoption.

125.— (1) A person shall not—

(a) make or attempt to make an arrangement for the adoption of a child,

(b) for the purpose of having a child adopted—

(i) retain the child in the person]s custody, or

(ii) arrange to have the child retained in the custody of another person, or

(c) take part in the management or control of a body of persons which exists wholly or partly for the purpose of making arrangements for adoption.

(2) A person shall not give a child, or cause a child to be given, to another person for the purpose of having the child adopted unless—

(a) the first-mentioned person is a parent of the child, and

(b) the person who intends to adopt the child is—

(i) a parent of the child,

(ii) a relative of the child,

(iii) the spouse of the parent of a child,

(iv) the civil partner of the parent of a child, or

(v) the cohabitant of a parent of the child,